CRY BADGER w/ Phoenix

[doubledefense]

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[doubledefense]

Well, that's good to hear.

[bewrightback]

Great. [He scratches at his hair. Mia's presence brings out the normal Phoenix within his hoboness.]

Um... Is that all you had to say?

[doubledefense]

Hardly.



No matter how you slice it, we're in a tough spot. I'd like to hear what you think of the setup?

[bewrightback]

To be honest, Mia, it feels a lot like a nightmare. I want to thing of something... some way to turn this all around... but for once, I can't think of anything useful.

[doubledefense]

[ sigh! ]


I just can't accept that there isn't a way out of this. There are too many innocent people in here to give up.

[bewrightback]

I don't want to accept that either, Mia. Believe me. [Even though she seems to be as lost as he is, he does feel kind of sad and lowly to face his young mentor with no plan up his sleeve.]

We already lost at least one innocent... [The metaphorical jury is still out on whatever the hell Simon Keyes's deal was.] I want to do everything in my power to make sure we don't lose anymore.

[doubledefense]

Well, we know someone here who isn't innocent.

[bewrightback]

Yeah... There's a few, actually. [Somehow, they dug up a whole bunch of them from my career specifically.]

[doubledefense]

A few.

[bewrightback]

Yeah... You're thinking of Dahlia, right? She's kind of not the only convicted killer we have around...

[doubledefense]

She's just the one I know best.



... There's something else I need to ask you, and I apologize for how unpleasant answering might be.

[bewrightback]

[He's bracing himself.]

Go ahead, Mia... Ask away.

[doubledefense]

I'd like to know the circumstances of my murder.

[bewrightback]

[His hobo cool is immediately broken. Now it's just like he's normal, sheepish Phoenix in weird clothes.]

Whaaaaaaat? How do you know... [Well, pretty much anyone here could have told her.] No, I mean why... Are you sure you'd want to know this?

[doubledefense]

So far, it has seemed like everyone here has been involved in at least one murder case. Our "host" seems fixated on it as well. The information may be relevant, and I'm sure you can understand why I won't be asking Maya.

[bewrightback]

[Mia... as dedicated as ever.

He nods, and he removes his hat as he starts to speak.]

...Alright, Mia. I'll tell you.

Do you already know who Redd White is?

[doubledefense]

[ her mouth draws into a thin line, normally reserved for Hawthorne ]


I do.

[bewrightback]

[He nods.]

You did your best to collect leads on him and a list of the people he had blackmailed. You were preparing a case against him. But...

It happened in 2016. Just a month after you oversaw my first trial as an attorney. White bugged your phone and found out where you were hiding your evidence. So, he... he broke into the office, stole that object and- and-

[He can't look her in the eyes - while saying it; so he turns away.]

he bludgeoned you with it, over the head.

[doubledefense]

[ shakes her head ]


That's enough. I don't need more details than that.

[bewrightback]

I'm sorry...

[He shrinks back timidly.]

[doubledefense]

It's alright. I appreciate your candidness. It's enough to give me context for the situation at hand.

[ enough to let her know exactly what the stakes are. her smile is a little thin, but she still does manage it ]

Have you gotten a good read on the team besides my own and Mr Armando's in the clue yet?

[bewrightback]

Thanks. I- I hoped it helped. [Maybe he's a little relieved not to have to summarize Maya and his grief... And how he needed her to come back from the dead to literally tell him to flip over a piece of paper]

As for that team... I can't say that I have the best read on them just yet. Out of the current suspects, Mr. Shields is the only one whom I haven't known prior to this ordeal. But from what I understand, he's a defense attorney with the Edgeworth Law Offices... as in Gregory Edgeworth. He seems to be a respectable man, if crazy for hugs.

And Aura Blackquill... She is a complicated case. I know that she's someone who can care fiercely for others, and she's broken the law for people she's cared about in the past. But... I don't know if she would really have it in her to take lives.

[doubledefense]

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Wright, your daughter isn't very subtle.

[bewrightback]

....She saves her subtlety for the magic tricks...?

[doubledefense]

Why don't you tell me what's actually going on.